CSI - Grissom's Departure - A Happy GSR End - My Take

Okay, so if you aren't a CSI addict (like me) and didn't watch "One to Go" Thursday (like I did), then I just have to fill you in.


And don't run because you don't watch CSI or don't know what it's about, because I'm going to tell you all you need to know. This is just me ranting. So please, stay?


First of all, it had been advertised that it was Grissom's last episode. Everyone (well, the avid CSI fans) had known this was coming since last summer, and maybe even before that. We just weren't sure when. It was set to premiere last May, but got pushed back because of the writer's strike and the short season, etc. So, no, it didn't blindside me.


However, being able to look forward to something doesn't make the pain less. In fact, it can make it worse.


So, a couple of weeks ago, the episode BEFORE this one aired, and I/we got treated to all the team's WTF?! faces when Grissom announced he was leaving. Catherine claimed she knew has was leaving before he knew it, and I can believe that she did. Greg gave this heart-wrenching speech about how he (Grissom) had changed his life, and Nick got one of the most heartfelt one-liners Grissom has ever said: "You were the best student I ever had".



So yeah, that was emotional.



Add into the mix that in November 2007, Grissom's one true love, Sara, left Las Vegas because she couldn't emotionally deal with the death/stress anymore. (By the way, we had been waiting for the Grissom Sara relationship, henceforth known as 'GSR', which translates as 'Grissom Sara Romance' since Season 1, Episode 2. It took them until Season 6, Episode 26, to get together. That is 6 freaking seasons of flirting and sexual tension and heartache and meltdowns . . . need I go on? Then we FINALLY get some very romantic, sweet moments that proved to us that GSR really was the only true OTP the universe has ever seen). Anyways, the love of his life walks out the door after a VERY nice kiss (the first we'd seen) and leaves him with a 'Dear John' letter. On a side note, at this point they were engaged.



So she's gone.



The world has ended.



And what does Grissom, the emotionally stunted (I love this man, but truly, when it comes to people, he is the BIGGEST idiot) entomologist, do? Go and get her, I hear you say? No.



He.



Doesn't.



Go.



So, it's a year later, one of their bestest friends ever dies in a gang-related shooting, and Sara comes back for the investigation and the funeral. And we have this very romantic scene of them on the bed and her head on his shoulder and their hands clasped, etc. etc. See here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cInYeNEKE0

(cue squees)



She's back. But she doesn't stay, because she gets involved in a case that was important to her years ago, and she gets hurt. So she goes. But not before Grissom the Emotional Idiot gives her this little talk about how sometimes the girl needs to leave the guy. And when she asks whether they're talking about the case or themselves, he doesn't say anything.



Nothing.



Just leaves her to make her own conclusions. So she leaves again, and this time she doesn't tell him where she's going.



A couple of months later, he gets this video over e-mail:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfjesrld3dc&feature=related

HEART-WRENCHING, I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Sara didn't fool me with her little "I'm happy" for a dadburned minute. She had been infatuated with Grissom for YEARS. There was NO WAY she was over him, just like that. It was sort of a last chance for Grissom to clean his act up.



Well, we don't find out his decision until 1 minute left in the episode where he's leaving.



But before that, and to get back to "One to Go", Grissom's walking down the hall, seeing everyone going about their own respective jobs - seeing them for the last time. I'm bawling by this time (the gorgeous piano/violin ensemble isn't helping). On top of this, for reasons I won't get into, I don't really trust the CSI writers. They've screwed with me/us too many times. So I sincerely believed there was a chance Grissom was just going to walk out of the lab and that would be the end of it. Here's the clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgttpl_OzRU

(Just LISTEN to that music. It is seriously the most beautiful music I've ever heard.)



But then, joy of joys, we see him in the jungle is his stupid Panama hat (that hat has a long history) with his GPS and his backpack. He sees a bug (remember, this is Grissom-the-bug-obsessed) and he GLANCES at it. I'm not kidding! HE JUST WALKS RIGHT BY A BUG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was a clue, then, that something pretty freaking important was going on.



And then he stops.



The camera pans around.



And Sara's there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)



GSR fans erupt cheering from their couches everywhere!!!!!!



No words are needed.



She can't believe he's there.



He can't believe it either.



He reaches for her.



They're in each other's arms.



They're kissing.


And the credits roll.



I die happy.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thj_-ZH30Rk&feature=related


P.S. If you watch the videos it helps. A lot.

P.P.S. I watched that last scene about 7 times in a row the first time I found it on YouTube, then I downloaded it and continue to watch it at least once a day. I still just can't believe it actually happened.

~Kristen